Mac bug with website layout

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Mac bug with website layout

form doesn't show

John_Caius

2:26 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've got a strange problem with my site - basically the Registration form on the site displays normally and correctly in all browsers on a PC but doesn't show up (container is blank) when viewed on IE for Mac. Are there any known bugs that could cause this behaviour?

I've already delved deeply into code validation, which hasn't solved the problem. The site's in my profile - easier just to point people there than to copy out reams of code.

The form is enclosed by:

<form action="" method="post" name="registrationform">
</form>

with a javascript-driven register button.

Any pointers would be gratefully received! Thanks. :)

microcars

3:16 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

doesn't work with Firefox or Safari on my Mac either.

just a blank blue box.

my javascript is strictly cut n paste, so I'm useless.

timster

3:49 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

The site's in my profile - easier just to point people there than to copy out reams of code.

Maybe not, when I try that I get an error page, which doesn't have any form on it.

microcars

4:13 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

yeah, I got to the page in his profile, but then I went back later and got the same error you experienced.

travelin cat

5:08 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

It would seem to me that your action is blank? (action ="") or was this removed for the purpose of submitting to this forum?

John_Caius

9:54 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the input. :) AFAIK the site's been up all day, although we've had some recent server bugs with the site completely down. Will check whether that's rearing its ugly head again...

I don't completely understand the detail of this code as I didn't write the original version and am not a javascript expert - should it be

action="post"

? I can try that and post back here.

upside

10:05 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

action="" is an acceptable syntax to specify that the form should be submitted to the url that it was called from.

travelin cat

10:07 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

no, method="post" is correct or at least it is one way to use method..

The action command tells the form what to do, like access a cgi script or some other script...

I have hundreds of forms on hundreds of sites and they all have to be told what to do when the user clicks on the submit button.

That is what the action command does....

Birdman

10:13 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

It's definately not the action attribute causing it.

I believe it has something to do with your use of z-index and absolute positioning. I would take a close look at the z-index stack-order.

Birdman

10:38 pm on May 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

Another thing to look at is this:

<html xmlns:neo="uri://neosight-com" xmlns:msxsl=...

Validator says:

there is no attribute "xmlns:neo"

there is no attribute "xmlns:msxsl"

Not sure if it's the problem but it's something easy to fix and eliminate from the 'suspect list'.

Birdman

John_Caius

1:46 pm on May 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

Ok, thanks - I'll check out the z-index order. My CSS knowledge is a bit better than all this complicated programming stuff!

John_Caius

11:16 pm on May 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

The form was inheriting positioning from a complicated series of nested divs - have now given it absolute positioning itself and a z-index to sit in front of everything else - hopefully it'll work now. I'll check it when I can next access a Mac, hopefully tomorrow. Difficult when I've only got a PC at home. Still works on a PC at least. :)

microcars

8:38 pm on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

hmm... LOGIN and REGISTER still don't work for me on IE, Firefox or Safari

OS 10.2.8

just that blank blue backround image.